Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.51/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −153.03 against this barn's trailing median of $452.54.

Average price

$299.51

41 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$65.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.64

vs KY average

−27.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	310.39	1,711	26
Medium and Large 2	531	287.50	1,528	10thin
Large 1-2	578	281.63	1,628	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	245.00	1,372	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.39/cwt here — about $339 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.69, low $400.18, median $452.54 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

299.51

—

KY average26 barns · 1,252 hd

297.87

+1.64

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−27.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.54

−153.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,749	138.11	2,416	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	115.94	1,510	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,497	111.01	1,661	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,107	96.96	1,074	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	185.00	2,100	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,595	$2,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,709	$2,671	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,823	$2,305	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,470	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

112 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	695	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	897	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	287.47/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	251.11/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	768	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,770	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	319.25/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,322	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	227.54/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,515	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	481	313.38/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,507	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	256.60/cwt	250.00–261.50	1,586	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	352.45/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,657	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	281.63/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	220.05/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	506	307.07/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	318.97/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,681	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	244.59/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	782	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	475	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	417	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	230.58/cwt	227.50–231.00	2,029	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	342.92/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,478	12
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	707	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,283	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	303.03/cwt	293.00–317.50	1,733	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	278.22/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,758	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	267.78/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	291.87/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,526	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	918	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,951	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	834	263.90/cwt	263.90–263.90	2,201	131
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	291.69/cwt	287.50–296.00	1,776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	867	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,159	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	267.85/cwt	267.85–267.85	2,079	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	316.41/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	225.17/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	285.28/cwt	277.50–302.00	1,629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	278.75/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	317.40/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,102	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,989	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	111.01/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,593	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	114.25/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,491	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,617	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	138.14/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,362	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,567	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	82.34/cwt	80.00–87.00	859	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	95.78/cwt	89.00–101.00	1,078	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	105.64/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,181	6
Bulls	—	—	1,715	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,195	1
Bulls	—	—	2,060	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	3,049	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,845	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,830	2,310.00/head	2,310.00–2,310.00	2,310	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,648	2,852.20/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,852	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,800	2,010.00/head	2,010.00–2,010.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	248.14/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,579	1
Bulls	Large 2	750–800	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	475	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	282.20/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	268.68/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,303	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	280.57/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	316.73/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	290.46/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	692	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	984	5
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	241.34/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,161	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	290.45/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	256.29/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	242.55/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	199.14/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,225	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	414	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,221	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	274.53/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,436	20
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	255	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	342	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,479	2

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Dec 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 737Last week 675Year ago 251

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 56Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 18

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	195.00	195.00
1	650–700	695	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	414	310.00–327.50	319.25
6	450–500	481	307.50–315.00	313.38
5	500–550	506	285.00–312.50	307.07
32	600–650	618	250.00–261.50	256.60
7	700–750	703	235.00	235.00
17	750–800	768	230.50	230.50
4	850–900	897	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	245	282.50	282.50
3	350–400	362	282.50–295.00	287.47
5	400–450	423	277.50–285.00	280.57
9	450–500	485	262.50–272.50	268.68
4	500–550	511	240.00–255.00	251.11
2	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
8	650–700	666	220.00–230.00	227.54
1	750–800	760	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	260.00	260.00
3	400–450	433	240.00–245.00	242.55
4	450–500	481	237.50–245.00	241.34
2	500–550	525	215.00–225.00	220.05
2	550–600	570	200.00	200.00
3	600–650	615	197.50–200.00	199.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	317.50	317.50
3	350–400	387	312.50–320.00	316.73
4	400–450	424	287.50–300.00	290.45
6	450–500	472	282.50–295.00	290.46
20	500–550	523	267.50–282.50	274.53
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	790	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	490	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	515	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	322.50	322.50
2	300–350	342	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	270	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
12	400–450	431	330.00–355.00	342.92
2	450–500	470	347.50–357.50	352.45
12	500–550	527	310.00–327.50	318.97
14	550–600	572	293.00–317.50	303.03
11	600–650	632	267.50–282.50	278.22
9	650–700	658	267.50–270.00	267.78
6	700–750	727	244.00–247.50	244.59
1	750–800	750	255.00	255.00
8	850–900	880	227.50–231.00	230.58
57	1000–1050	1,008	226.50	226.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	322.50	322.50
3	550–600	578	275.00–285.00	281.63
1	600–650	630	267.50	267.50
2	700–750	707	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	380.00	380.00
3	300–350	335	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	480	312.50–325.00	316.41
8	500–550	523	280.00–300.00	291.87
2	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	665	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	382.50	382.50
8	600–650	609	287.50–296.00	291.69
5	650–700	671	285.00	285.00
13	700–750	739	264.00	264.00
68	750–800	776	267.85	267.85
131	800–850	834	263.90	263.90
59	850–900	867	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	645	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	455	320.00–330.00	324.95
4	500–550	529	270.00–305.00	282.20
4	550–600	571	277.50–302.00	285.28
4	600–650	619	245.00–252.50	248.14
1	650–700	670	242.50	242.50
3	700–750	710	210.00–233.00	225.17
1	800–850	820	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	282.50	282.50
2	450–500	495	272.50–285.00	278.75
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	595	222.50	222.50
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	322.50	322.50
2	350–400	368	312.50–322.50	317.40
1	400–450	430	307.50	307.50
3	450–500	488	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	568	255.00–257.50	256.29
1	800–850	825	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	185.00	185.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	117.00	117.00
4	—	1,435	108.00–115.00	111.01
1	—	1,540	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	113.00–117.00	114.25
1	—	1,295	121.00	121.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	80.00–87.00	82.34
7	—	1,126	89.00–101.00	95.78
6	—	1,118	104.00–108.00	105.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,710	134.00–144.00	138.14
1	—	1,715	128.00	128.00
1	—	2,060	148.00	148.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,595	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,845	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,830	2,310.00	2,310.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,648	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,852.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,470	1,825.00	1,825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,800	2,010.00	2,010.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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